🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
Many frilled shark discoveries occur when deep-sea trawlers unintentionally bring them to the surface.
Because frilled sharks live at great depths and are seldom encountered, much of their behavior remains poorly documented. Most specimens examined have been accidental bycatch rather than targeted study subjects.
💥 Impact (click to read)
For a vertebrate exceeding two meters in length to remain largely mysterious in the 21st century highlights how inaccessible the deep ocean remains. Entire life histories are inferred from limited samples.
This knowledge gap complicates conservation planning and underscores the paradox that humanity has mapped Mars in high resolution while vast regions of Earth’s seabed remain sparsely explored.
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